Ala. man accused of trying to run over elderly woman with lawn mower
08/10/2023 12:26 pm PDT
HARTSELLE, Ala. (TCD) -- Deputies arrested a 29-year-old man this week for allegedly hitting a woman with a shovel and dragging her with a lawn mower.
According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday, Aug. 7, deputies responded to the 400 block of Tapscott Road after someone contacted 911 via a home alarm system. When officials arrived, they found a woman "with visible marks on her as well as grass stains on her clothes, leaves in her hair and complaining of injuries."
Deputies learned that Phillip Glenn Brennan allegedly became violent with the woman by hitting her with a shovel, attempting to run over her feet with a push mower, and "dragging the victim across the yard behind a riding lawn mower."
He was arrested and charged with second-degree elder abuse and neglect and third-degree domestic violence.
Brennan was booked into the Morgan County Jail and is being held on $20,300 bond.
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